Painful Collection

Victorian scrap - dentist pulling a tooth. late 19th century

Consequences, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Consequences -- How the thoughtlessness of a butterfly seriously affected a bishops corn, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa with the Arch of Ecce Homo
Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. Street of Old City, which traditionally Jesus walked carrying the cross, way to his crucifixion. Arch of Ecce Homo. 2nd Station

Gout Man Fishes at Home
Unable to go fishing due to his painful gout, a sufferer casts his rod into a barrel of fish, in the comfort of his living room

Electric Tattooer
Max O Reilly, of New York, invents an electric tattooing pen which is not only faster than the manual method, but also less painful

A Barber Distracted
THE RED-HOT POLITICIAN A barber is more absorbed in the latest political gossip than his hot curling tongs, with painful results for his singed customer

Comic postcard, Plump woman sitting on man on beach Date: 20th century

LADY AT TOMB
Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance... - illustration to a poem by Burns. Date: early 19th century

Comic postcard, Just thawed out Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bed Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man, boy and starfish on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman falling off a cliff onto a man paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man swearing in front of parrot Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Schoolboy and military man - practical joke Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Comic Postcard - The differences between Love and Marriage... LOVE is the wine of life, but MARRIAGE is the morning after!! Date: 1931

Comic postcard, The MacGregors Gathering Date: 20th century

Cartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as dentist
Cartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as a dentist who has just extracted an eleven million pound tooth - And this is what you call painless dentistry, is it, William? 1885

The Dentist by J M Molenaer. 1649

Dogs tail painfully run over by a car
Sorry, I have a tail - Oh Mother! What a catastrophy! 1936

Strolling beggars in China knocking their heads together and on a stone in order to extort alms. Date: 1737

Strolling beggars in China with burning coals
Strolling beggars in China laying burning coals on their heads and using other austerities in order to extort alms. Date: 1752

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. Street of Old City, which traditionally Jesus walked carrying the cross, way to his crucifixion

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. V Station. Stone with the p
Israel. Jerusalem. Old City. Old City. V Station. Place of encounter between Jesus and Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried the cross of Christ to Mount Calvary

Via Dolorosa street sign. Jerusalem. Israel
Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. Street of Old City, which traditionally Jesus walked carrying the cross, way to his crucifixion. Street sign

Dentist - The Tooth Drawer. circa 19th century

A portly lady is laced into her corset by her maid Date: 1921

Chinese women with bound feet. Date: circa 1890

Bonzo takes the fly by George Studdy
Bonzo takes the fly -- a fishermans hook gets caught on his ear, much to the amusement of the Bonzolines. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Bonzo saves a goal by George Studdy
Bonzo saves a goal -- he races onto a football pitch, receives a large, heavy ball in the stomach, and is dragged away practically unconscious

Down by the Sea - Catch of the Season - Crab biting a toe
Down by the Sea - The Catch of the Season - A pesky Crab bites the toe of a late Victorian / early Edwardian lady having a paddle through the rockpools

Thaipusam, Hindu Festival - Singapore - Vel Kavadi
Thaipusam, Hindu Festival, marked by Piercings and Painful Rituals in Singapore. The festival is mainly observed in countries where there is a significant presence of Tamil community such as India

Singers on a comic postcard -- Songs and their Singers -- Greet, Greet, Softly My Sweet. Date: circa 1910s

Susi - bitten by parrot
Susi - bitten by a parrot. 1950s

The Dentist -- everyone watches as he treats an unfortunate patient. 1821

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. Inscription that marks the
Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. Old City. Inscription that marks the place of the encounter between Jesus and Veronica, the woman who wiped with a handkerchief the face of Jesus

Bust of Painful Virgin, ca. 1755, by Francisco Salzillo (1707
Francisco Salzillo (1707-1783). Spanish sculptor. Painful Virgin. Ca. 1755. Museum of Albacete. Spain

Fakir with Hooks in Back
Placing hooks in the back of a fakir : not only is the process painful, but the wounds will fester and lead to further pain, apart from the discomfort Date: circa 1900

Hair Curling Clips
A girl having rather painful looking clips put into her hair, presumably to make it curl into the kind of curly hairstyle made popular by child star Shirley Temple. Date: 1930s

Cartoon, Difficult extraction, WW1
Cartoon, Difficult extraction. French soldiers undertake some impromptu dental work for a colleague. Don t worry, old friend, we ll get them! Date: 1916

Fakir on bed of nails, India
Fakir (a religious ascetic) sitting on a bed of nails, India. Date: circa 1890s

Chinese woman with bound feet. Date: circa 1890

Bound foot, China
Two photographs of a womans bound foot, China. Date: circa 1890

Woman with bound feet, China. Date: circa 1890

Out of Doors -- horse with stone in hoof
Out of Doors -- a horse (Bob) has a stone in his hoof. Date: 19th century

Ulrich Falls
ULRICH von LICHTENSTEIN The German minnesinger has a romantic, but probably painful adventure... Date: 1200 - 1276

A recuperating wounded WW1 soldier gets his comeuppance - initial delights at the idea of a massage from nurse on the Monday turns into stark realisation tat this might not be quite so pleasurable

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